STAND. COM. REP. NO.376

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1251

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 1251 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee, is to establish a state chief information officer within the Office of the Governor.

Testimony in support of the concept of this measure was submitted by the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee finds that the various state agencies have implemented myriad information technology systems designed to make state government operations more efficient. Yet, most of these systems have been developed without regard to their compatibility with other state systems, and thus "information silos" have been created that adversely affect statewide management of and public access to state government data. Your Committee agrees that a chief information officer function is necessary and appropriate to bring together the various entities and work toward consolidation of and uniformity within the state information technology systems.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Placing the responsibilities of the chief information officer with the state comptroller;

(2) Making conforming amendments to section 26-6, to place the chief information officer functions within the Department of Accounting and General Services and under the supervision of the comptroller; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1251, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1251, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Science, Arts, and Technology,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair